The future of Victorian PCPs is uncertain when the current funding and service agreement expires in June 2021.
As catchment-based voluntary alliances of health and community support service providers, we have worked together for 20 years to maximise health and wellbeing outcomes, promote health equity and avoid unnecessary hospital presentations and admissions.
We understand our communities because we are members of them. That means we can respond directly to their needs.
Despite 20 successful years, the partnerships are under threat. In a changing health landscape, our work is sometimes misunderstood or assumed to be undertaken by other organisations.
Media releases
- 1 April 2021: VicPCPs welcome the opportunity to work with the Department of Health
- 16 October 2019: Review welcomed as Primary Care Partnerships win temporary reprieve
- 3 October 2019: Communities will lose out if Primary Care Partnerships are defunded
- 11 September 2019: Primary Care Partnerships lead community change and should not be cut
Resources
High Value Partnership Functions of Primary Care Partnerships infographic (March 2021)
Primary Care Partnerships value add and return on investment (September 2019): Infographic, text and downloadable social media images
Primary Care Partnerships, who we are and what we do (December 2018): Infographic
#SecurePCPsFuture in the media
- 30 October 2019: Grampians Pyrenees PCP’s funding is extended until the end of June 2020 (The Stawell Times News)
- 18 October 2019: Regional health partnership still unclear (The Swan Hill Guardian)
- 17 October 2019: Primary care partnerships funding yet to be continued by government (Riverine Herald)
- 8 October 2019: Funding needed to continue primary care partnership’s work (Mirage News)
- 27 September 2019: PCPs across western Victoria have no guaranteed funding past 2019 (Ararat Advertiser)
- 24 September 2019: Funding cuts not healthy (Wangaratta Chronicle)
- 24 September 2019: Health partnership faces funding cuts (North Central and Whittelsea Review)
- 19 September 2019: Left in limbo (The Spectator Greater Hamilton)
- 16 September 2019: Primary care funding (WIN News Ballarat)
- 16 September 2019: Health group’s future unclear (Portland Observer)
- 16 September 2019: Health Minister lashes Roma Britnell over ‘false’ PCP funding cut claims (The Standard)
- 13 September 2019: Wimmera Primary Care Partnership’s uncertain future (The Wimmera Mail-Times)
Other recent news…
- 18 May 2020: 20 Years Helping Improve Regional Health, Wellbeing (Wangaratta Chronicle)
- 24 October 2019: Rise. Resist. Unite. Dance! … 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (Midland Express)
- 22 October 2019: Age-friendly forums help groups to be more inclusive of older people (Mirage News)
- 21 October 2019: Tastes of the world on show (Latrobe Valley Express)
- 13 October 2019: Gambler’s Help referrals in Campaspe rise (Bendigo Advertiser)
- 9 October 2019: Connecting with local women over a cuppa (The Adviser)
- 8 October 2019: New sports stadium for Epping under Casa D’Abruzzo Club deal (Star Weekly Northern)
- 30 September 2019: Expo highlights opportunities (The News Bayside)
- 17 September 2019: Central Gippsland Health to trial light therapy glasses for shift workers (Gippsland Times and Maffra Spectator)
- 12 September 2019: Wimmera mental health advocate Lauren Dempsey encourages others to reach out (The Stawell Times News)
- 12 September 2019: Ararat hosts R U OK? Day event (Ararat Advertiser)
- 12 September 2019: Halls Gap’s Budja Budja medical clinic launches new mobile clinic van in region (The Stawell Times News)
Hansard
- 16 October 2019: Questions without notice and ministers statements (Ms Crozier, Ms Mikakos)
- 16 October 2019: Motions (health funding) (Ms Crozier, Ms Mikakos, Mrs McArthur, Ms Stitt, Ms Bath, Ms Garrett)
- 15 October 2019: Members statements (Ms Crozier)
- 12 September 2019: Questions without notice and ministers statements (Ms Crozier, Ms Mikakos, Mr Davis)
- 12 September 2019: Adjournment (Ms Bath)
- 12 September 2019: Written responses to questions without notice
- 12 September 2019: Adjournment (Ms Crozier)
- 12 September 2019: Written responses to questions without notice
- 11 September 2019: Adjournment (Mr Ondarchie)
- 11 September 2019: Adjournment (Mr Finn)
- 11 September 2019: Adjournment (Mr Davis)
- 11 September 2019: Adjournment (Ms Crozier)
- 10 September 2019: Questions without notice and ministers statements (Ms Crozier, Ms Mikakos)
